Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ViewPoint Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 26)

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To set up the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server to provide licenses to connecting web
browsers, perform these tasks:
 Download the FactoryTalk ViewPoint licenses you purchased to a FactoryTalk
Activation server.
 If the activation server and the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server are on different
computers, use FactoryTalk Activation Manager on the FactoryTalk ViewPoint
Server to specify the name of the activation server computer.
 Assign FactoryTalk ViewPoint licenses to the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server.
Downloading licenses to an activation server
To get activations for an activation server:
1. On the activation server computer, click Start > All Programs > Rockwell
Software > FactoryTalk Activation > FactoryTalk Activation Manager.
2. Click Get New Activations.
Follow the instructions displayed within FactoryTalk Activation Manager to get
activations.
Connecting the ViewPoint Server to a remote activation
server
1. On the FactoryTalk ViewPoint Server computer, open FactoryTalk Activation
Manager, and then click the Manage Activations tab.
2. Click Find Available Activations in the left pane.
3. Click the blue underlined text Update Activation Search Path.
4. Click Add Server to add an additional row.
5. Click the browse button in the newly added row.
6. From the Browse for Server dialog, navigate to the location of the activation
server on your network and select it.
7. Click Save.
Note: If you make a change that affects the local folders in the search path, the soft-
ware displays the Update Activation Search Path dialog box. Click Restart Server.
In FactoryTalk ViewPoint Administration, the next time the Activation page is
opened or refreshed, the number of FactoryTalk ViewPoint licenses that the
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